To prioritize the implementation of the festival streets, we will ask you to rate the “IMPACT” you feel the changes to each street will have and the “URGENCY” of implementing each proposed festival street on a scale from 1 to 5 where 1 = lowest and 5 = highest.

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2.Please review the concept designs for the festival streets below and rate the positive IMPACT and immediate URGENCY of implementing the following

IMPACT

URGENCY

A Festival Street on Hale Street

A Festival Street on Hale Street IMPACT menu

A Festival Street on Hale Street URGENCY menu

A Festival Street on Karlskoga Street

A Festival Street on Karlskoga Street IMPACT menu

A Festival Street on Karlskoga Street URGENCY menu

A Festival Street on Liberty Street

A Festival Street on Liberty Street IMPACT menu

A Festival Street on Liberty Street URGENCY menu

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3.Which option do you prefer for the overall materials palette (including paving, site furniture, lighting, signage, etc.) to complement the festival street concept on HALE STREET? (Palette Options are shown below - these are not intended to be exact products, but to illustrate a palette family. Choose 1)

Palette A

Palette B

Palette C

None of the above

I’m not in favor of a festival street on Hale

I don’t know, I’d like to learn more

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4.Using the same palette options above, Which option do you prefer for the overall materials palette (including paving, site furniture, lighting, signage, etc.) to complement the festival street concept on KARLSKOGA STREET? (Choose 1)

Palette A

Palette B

Palette C

None of the above

I’m not in favor of a festival street on Karlskoga Street

I don’t know, I’d like to learn more

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5.Using the same palette options above, Which option do you prefer for the overall materials palette (including paving, site furniture, lighting, signage, etc.) to complement the festival street concept on LIBERTY DRIVE? (Choose 1)

The questions that follow pertain to the other, non-festival pedestrian / retail streets in the Downtown district (both north and south of the tracks). To prioritize these elements on the pedestrian priority streets identified in the diagram, we will now ask you to rate the “IMPACT” you feel each element will have and the “URGENCY” of these elements on a scale from 1 to 5 where 1 = lowest and 5 = highest.

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7.Please rate the positive IMPACT and immediate URGENCY of the following elements for the other (non-festival) streets in downtown.

IMPACT

URGENCY

Larger Tree Planting Areas (for more room for growth)

Larger Tree Planting Areas (for more room for growth) IMPACT menu

Larger Tree Planting Areas (for more room for growth) URGENCY menu

Use of suspended paving or 'silva cells' around trees (for more room for growth)

Use of suspended paving or 'silva cells' around trees (for more room for growth) IMPACT menu

Use of suspended paving or 'silva cells' around trees (for more room for growth) URGENCY menu

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8.Please review the park alternative concepts below and answer the following: I like the following elements the most for the potential “central park” along the south side of the Metra tracks, from Hale east to Cross Street: (Choose your top 3)

Flex Parking with permeable parking / space for event tents

A “Great Lawn” for passive recreation and natural planted areas

Space for picnicking protected from the tracks by plantings / landscaping

A winter skating rink

Natural planted areas with seating

Kids playground facilities

Interactive water feature

Small permanent community structure to provide shade and event space

Permanent structure for the French Market and covered parking

None of the above, keep this area the way it is today

Other (please specify)

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9.I would support a lighting program work from local artists, historical images, or advertisements for local events would be projected on buildings adjacent to the Metra line (as shown in the concept rendering below). (Choose 1)